An Unspeakable Burden

FEATURED IN: Welcome To Your Body: Lessons in Evisceration from Salt Heart Press

  • Publication date: May 2024
  • Editor: Ryan Marie Ketterer
  • Foreword: Paula M. Ashe

ABOUT AN UNSPEAKABLE BURDEN

A young woman woman desperate to be the most powerful conjurer in her family sacrifices her body and embraces a fate of arcane power.

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PUBLICATION DETAILS

Each limb tells a story. Every organ shares a secret. Slice into the anatomy of this collection to discover all the unseen horrors the human body can deliver.

Contributing Authors:

  • Alex Wolfgang, Ai Jiang, Mary Rajotte, Julie Sevens, Christopher O’Halloran, Sasha Brown, Bridget D. Brave, Taylor Ketterer, Demi-Louise Blackburn, Lindsey Ragsdale, Emma E. Murray, Johnathon Heart, P.L. McMillan, Rachel Searcey, Bryan Young, Kai Delmas, and David Worn

AN EXCERPT

“The Benoit Reliquary sits next to a silver athamé on the lectern. It’s a glass container the size of a cigar box encased in a carved wooden framework that’s gilt-edged with copper fleurs-de-lis. Suspended in clear liquid, the tongue inside looms like a pale grey river stone the size of two clenched fists, finely pitted across the surface and webbed with threadlike veins.”

© MARY RAJOTTE

READER REVIEWS

An amazing display of what the body horror genre can be! These were remarkable stories which all had their own voice. I’m thoroughly impressed and I am looking forward to exploring more of the authors who contributed to this anthology.
– Cozy Ginger

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Each story uses the theme perfectly and each author has a great element to it. I didn’t think that there was a weak story in the bunch and had a great time reading this.
– Kim

Rating: 5 out of 5.

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